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title: Transfer Ownership of an Account
url: https://www.fastbound.com/faq/transfer-ownership-of-an-account/
description: "Only the Account Owner can pay for an account or Import Items into an account. The Account Owner user cannot be disabled or have permissions revoked. Once ownership is transferred it cannot be undone; It can only be transferred back. Account Owner Transfer links expire in 24 hours.​ To transfer ownership of an account: You… Continue reading Transfer Ownership of an Account"
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Only the Account Owner can pay for an account or Import Items into an account. The Account Owner user cannot be disabled or have permissions revoked. Once ownership is transferred it cannot be undone; It can only be transferred back. Account Owner Transfer links expire in 24 hours.
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To transfer ownership of an account:

You must be logged in as the Account Owner

Go to Settings > Users

The new owner must already be an authorized user in your account

The new owner must not be disabled or have an expiration date set in the account

Select the user that you want to transfer ownership to

Read and check the ‘I understand’ check box

Click the ‘Submit’ button

To Accept Ownership of an Account

The user accepting ownership of the account will receive an email with a “Accept Offer” button. 

Click the “Accept Offer” button

If the user accepting ownership of the account is not signed into FastBound they will need to sign in.

The new Account Owner will need to click the “Add Payment Source” button

The new Account Owner will need to enter their Credit or debit card number, the expiration, the UID, and the Zip Code for the card. Then click the “Add Card” button

After the card is entered you will be shown a confirmation. Close the tab in the browser by clicking the x.

You will now be on the Accept Ownership Transfer page again. If you are not on this page you can click the link in your email again to accept the transfer of ownership.

Click “Retry” to Accept Ownership

You will now be able to accept the Ownership Transfer of the account.

Check the “I understand” checkbox then click the “Accept Ownership Transfer Offer” button

After you accept the Ownership Transfer you’ll be taken to your Accounts List page.